Book I: Health establishments

The private practitioner chooses whether to receive his fees directly or, by way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 162-2 of the Social Security Code, through the hospital administration. The choice made by the practitioner applies to all the establishments in which the shared private practice is carried out. The managing bodies of a basic health insurance scheme communicate to the director and the chairman of the private…

The terms and conditions of private practice are set out in a contract concluded between the practitioner concerned and the public health institution, or in the event of private practice being shared within the regional hospital grouping, the public health institutions, on the basis of a standard private practice contract established by regulation. The contract sets out the conditions under which the practitioner’s private practice is divided between the institutions…

In each public health institution where a private practice is carried out, a private practice committee is responsible for ensuring that the legislative and regulatory provisions governing this practice are properly applied and that the clauses of private practice contracts are complied with. In the event of private practice being shared between several establishments, the competent private practice committee is that of the public health establishment to which the practitioner…

A regional commission on private practice is placed under the authority of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The commission periodically draws up a regional report on the self-employed activities of the practitioners mentioned in article L. 6154-1. At the request of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the Commission issues an opinion on practice authorisations issued in application of article L. 6154-4. It must be…

The director of the establishment to which the practitioner is assigned or the chairmen of the local commissions for self-employed activity referred to in article L. 6154-5 shall bring to the attention of the director general of the regional health agency any failure by a practitioner to comply with the obligations incumbent upon him by virtue of the laws and regulations or the stipulations of the contract he has entered…

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6154-2, L. 6154-3 to L. 6154-6 and, unless otherwise provided and insofar as is necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Council of State.